how do you propagate is it similar to FW stem plants?
I just cut them and peel back some tissue and super glue them to a frag.
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how do you propagate is it similar to FW stem plants?
My advice to you is to pick some animals you want to breed that you will enjoy. Think about it this way. You may be growing whatever animal you want to breed for a year, two, maybe longer before they are able to breed and then you have a long road of probably a few spawns before getting everything right. But obviously you know this from already breeding clowns in the past. But anyway my point is it will take a long time to get it going so make it enjoyable for yourself if you want to get into this for the long haul.Yea I hate raising phyto and I always used Reeds algae paste it called instant algae now. https://reedmariculture.com/product_instant_algae.php
It can be frozen and stuff which makes it a little easier and tons of hatcheries use it. Problem is you do need to watch it a little closer because it is not alive and can break down faster. For more sensitive species of fish live phyto will be a must. Also some of the new copepods are making more sensitive species easier to raise now because of the size of copepods available. Copepods are changing the game but are still way harder than rots or BBS to get quantities of for the average hobbyist.. Rots are great for clownfish and so easy to raise and gut stuff but are not enough nutrition or the right size for allot of fish. I highly suggest raising some Copepods even for clowns and partially supplementing their food with them. I think it helps prevent sudden fright syndrome from just feeding BBS.
My issue with getting into clownfish to deep is what do I do with them? There are so many people doing them and LFS around me already have people they buy from. I have always done what others don't do. Clowns are a good way to get my hands wet again and get back into practice.
I also am not into designer clownfish which right now seem to be all the rage but does seem to be switching back to a classic clownfish. I want to keep pure strains alive before they disappear completely from the hobby.
I still need to establish pairs. I had a pair of clowns ready but in a temporary tank they jumped. I also tried pairing some Cardinals and that went bad. I purchased pretty many and removed the ones that seemed to be pairing. All the pairs stuck together for about a year and with in a week my 3 pairs killed each other. I am guessing I had all males. I had a pair of neon gobies too and over night one disappeared. I was sad because they are one I really want to try. I want to do more gobies this time around.
Yea corals you can walk away from for a bit but it also is something everyone is doing. My focus on that will be harder corals to propagate like goniopora and maybe NPS coral. I have allot of gorgonia because they are a favorite and most have been with me for years and some like over 10 years. i will have some easier corals because they allow me to trade for what I need. Plus I do have several reef aquariums so some frags will come from them over time.
I also would like to focus on some anemones in the future. Magnificas mainly because they split so I am looking for a bunch of different ones.
Like I said I would like to do stuff others are not doing but sometimes you have to do the other stuff to get there.
That anemone clown pic is the dream for us all! Just perfect.
Thank you. Thing is it was a ugly duckling when I go it and I almost lost it. Now it is beautiful and huge and the picture does not show how large it is.Beautiful pictures.
Indeed, the anemone is amazing.
I was going to comment the same thing I love that picture as wellThat anemone clown pic is the dream for us all! Just perfect.
Gorgeous. Corals look beautiful and happy.
Do you also have a full tank picture? I am just curious how it looks like in general.
My old tank was also a peninsula. Little bit longer but less wide than yours. I understand the picture issue.Of the lagoon? I have lots of systems.
The lagoon is 3 sided. Hard to really get a full shot because of all the other systems. Plus it is 4'x3'x16"
Since it is shallow and the stuff grew so large they blocks everything behind. A over the top shot would actually be easier. There is a end shot up earlier but that was probably taken a year ago.
I can try. I think I can get a right side shot. The anemone takes up about a 3rd of the side since it is so big.